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    Windows 7 / Microsoft Office licenses transferable?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jisaac, Sep 13, 2012.

  1. jisaac

    jisaac Notebook Deity

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    I am planning on buying a new laptop which I will use for a few months before upgrading the hdd to a ssd (I do not have enough money for both at the moment).

    I will be self-installing windows 7 home premium and microsoft office university edition on this laptop when I purchase it.

    After upgrading to a ssd in a few months I will be reinstalling these things on the laptop, as I do not wish to clone/copy.

    Will I have any problems reinstalling? As in will the licenses still be registered to my initial set up or is it transferable?

    Thanks alot! :)
     
    jisaac, Sep 13, 2012
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    For office, there shouldn't be any problem. Does the laptop come with Windows 7 already installed, if it does, you can just use the license that is on the windows sticker for each subsequent reinstall on that notebook.
     
    tijo, Sep 13, 2012
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  3. ScottyBoy

    ScottyBoy Notebook Consultant

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    Assuming your version of MS Office is 2010, then you might want to check out the Advanced Tokens Manager utility - it can backup & restore the Windows Vista/7 OS activation files along with those for MS Office 2010 as well (well it did on earlier versions of it)...I use it a lot, as I generally have to rebuild a lot of systems for friends & family. :thumbsup:
     
    ScottyBoy, Sep 14, 2012
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  4. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    This.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Sep 17, 2012
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  5. AndrewM72

    AndrewM72 Notebook Enthusiast

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    If all you're doing is swapping out the hard drive, then no, you shouldn't have any problems at all. Worst case, you might have to phone in a Win7 activation (it's all automated). Slow enough hardware changes don't make you do this, and a hard drive would just be one diff, but it might be a big enough diff that the windows auth profiler will raise the call in flag for your key.
     
    AndrewM72, Sep 20, 2012
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